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The official Week #4 State Football Points standings for 2017 have been updated and released here for your perusal. We will continue to update the standings each week throughout the season concluding with the week #10 results that will determine which teams qualify for the post-season playoffs. Select the link inside to view the complete week #4 standings for each classification and region.

The MPSSAA is pleased to announce a partnership with Huddle® to provide ticketing for our state championship events, further expanding the nation's largest and most innovative ticketing solution for the high school market. Huddle offers an integrated digital and paper ticketing solution for both state association post-season events and individual school regular season events.

For the third consecutive year, the MPSSAA is pleased to announce a partnership with the American Dairy Association North East for the 2017-18 school year which once again designates low-fat chocolate milk as the exclusive beverage of the MPSSAA. Studies show that low-fat chocolate milk is a great option for high school athletes. It’s a nutrient-packed fitness drink that can play an important role in their workout recovery routines.

If you're a high school senior dedicated to learning, leading, and performing, you have exactly what it takes to become a Wendy's High School Heisman Scholarship winner! The deadline for Phase I of the scholarship application process is 6 PM Eastern Time on 10/2. Applicants will also need to select a teacher, counselor, or administrator that is unrelated to them to be their application reviewer. Read more for a link to the application process and eligibility criteria.

The MPSSAA registers officials in numerous sports but those numbers are declining and we need to reverse that trend and provide assistance in the recruitment of individuals that are interested in becoming officials. Therefore, we have launched a new page in the Officials section of our website entitled "Become A High School Sports Official" which includes an interest form that collects the necessary information for our office to pass along to the designated officials' groups to follow-up on.

The NFHS has just released the last of the Spring 2018 rule changes with the Boys Lacrosse press release available here. Select the links inside to view the press release concerning those changes along with the previously released Baseball, Softball, and Track & Field rule changes. More information on these rule changes can be found at NFHS.org by selecting "Activities & Sports" and clicking on the desired sport.

This is MPSSAA

The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA), organized in 1946, is made up of public high schools from each of the 24 school systems. The purpose of the MPSSAA is to promote and direct public high school interscholastic activities in order to assure that those activities contribute toward the entire educational program of the state of Maryland. The MPSSAA currently includes 199 public high schools, with over 112,000 student-athletes participating in 24 sports.

The MPSSAA derives its authority from the Maryland State Department of Education and the 24 local school systems. The goal of the Association is to promote, direct, and regulate interscholastic athletics of the public high schools, as well as ensure a safe and educationally balanced program. Read more.